By Mihkel Toome and Daniel Lyzun – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Downloadable Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC and BC Housing – This presentation will discuss acoustics in wood frame structures and the value that can be added through early planning and good acoustic design.
Mid-Rise Buildings
Building Enclosures for 5 & 6 Storey Mid-Rise Wood Buildings
By Graham Finch – Format: 3 PowerPoint Videos – Length: Two Hours – Downloadable Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC, HPO – This 2 hour presentation will cover lessons learned and many of the recent trends in materials, details and enclosure assemblies for creating durable and energy-efficient mid-rise wood frame buildings.
Common Mid-Rise Structural Design Challenges – and Solutions
by Steve McManus – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC and BC Housing – Examining recent 6-storey projects, this presentation will highlight specific mid-rise construction challenges, important details and procedures.
Fire Safety in Modern Wooden Buildings
By Multiple Presenters – Format: PowerPoint Videos – Length: Four Hours – Downloadable Handouts: Yes – Credit: AIA, Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC and HPO – Participants in this five module course will obtain valuable insight into the fire safety of light-wood frame and mass timber mid-rise buildings.
Guidelines For Designing Wood-Frame Mid-Rise Buildings
Course Format: PowerPoint Videos, Course length: Six Hours, Course Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, HPO, EIC, Handouts: Yes. Based on the National Building Code of Canada, this course reflects the chapters of the Guideline for the Design of Wood-Frame Mid-Rise Buildings Handbook written by FP Innovations.
Mid-Rise Construction in BC Past, Present & Future
By WoodWORKS BC: Format Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – Handout: No. Changes to the British Columbia Building code in 2009 allow the construction of 6 storey wood-frame buildings in BC. This presentation provides a brief overview of the history, benefits and methods of mid-rise wood-frame construction.
Mid-Rise Wood Design Code Provisions
By David Bowick – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. The presenter examines what is unique about the construction of mid-rise wood buildings and why mid-rise is not just like regular wood frame only bigger or just like concrete only using wood.
Resources for Wood-Frame Mid-Rise Construction
Multiple Presenters: Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. This course will review three recently published documents created as resource materials for the design and construction of wood-frame mid-rise buildings. Each of the three documents will be reviewed by the authors of that document.
Timber Pre-Fabrication of the Brock Commons Building
This course explores the successful completion of the 18-storey mass timber hybrid Brock Commons Tallwood House at UBC Vancouver, what was learned, the broader application of this approach to design and building, and where the industry goes from here. By Karla Fraser, Senior Project Manager, Urban One Builders Construction Management Inc., Vancouver, BC. Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes.
U.K. Experience in Mid Rise Solid Timber Buildings
By Liam Dewer – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. This presentation aims to pass on some of the lessons learned by Liam to those involved or looking to become involved in the design, procurement and delivery of midrise solid timber buildings in North America.
